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Bierce

American  
[beers] / bɪərs /

noun

  1. Ambrose (Gwinnett) 1842–1914?, U.S. journalist and short-story writer.


Bierce British  
/ bɪəs /

noun

  1. Ambrose ( Gwinett ). 1842–?1914, US journalist and author of humorous sketches, horror stories, and tales of the supernatural: he disappeared during a mission in Mexico (1913)

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Yet it was Sterling who gained the patronage of the famous writer Ambrose Bierce, Sterling who was named the poet laureate of San Francisco.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2021

As a soldier in the Civil War, Bierce witnessed scenes of slaughter over what was, in important ways, a fight to control rivers.

From Washington Post • May 7, 2021

There’s a reason why Ambrose Bierce described the telephone as “an invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable keep his distance.”

From Fox News • Jul. 14, 2019

Imagine my shock when I discovered Ambrose Bierce.

From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2018

Didn’t you lure Ambrose Bierce to the Mexican border?”

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix